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• Ground strap on air flow sensor
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:33:21 -0800
  >From the gopher concerning the Digifant-Diagnosis-Checks: > 6) Connect a ground from the metal part of the air box to the > empty 6mm...
• Re: Help Wiring O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 13:33:03 -0700
  ...engine bay near the left head ground strap. I'll try and photograph and document all the ground points I find when I rip...
• Re: temp gauge not working right...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 13 Aug 2018 10:40:04 -0700
  There is probably a thermostat gasket that is affecting the ground, plus corrosion on the thermostat bolts in the block. A secondary ground never...
• Re: St. Muir Solenoid Trick
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Apr 1995 09:22:20 +0600
  >Quick question: > > Does the solenoid rely on contact with the body for its ground, or >is it s'posed to have another ground wire...
• Re: Bike rack over rear window?
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Mon, 17 Feb 1997 09:57:52 -0800
  ...Better >mount but bike wheels are TOO close to ground for driveway ramps etc. Bye, Tim I'd trust those nylon straps with my...
• Re: Question about starters
  Historical mailing list - Juha Koivisto
  Tue, 6 Jun 2000 07:00:52 +0300
  Hi Allison, first things you might want to look are the ground strap(s) (battery, tranny). Have you already done that? They could be...
• Re: Can't find a 1.9 fuel injection problem?
  Historical mailing list - John H. Fleming
  Thu, 19 Jun 1997 22:31:43 -0400
  > check the braided strap on the left side of the engine. and any other brown-colored (they are ground) wires you can find, especially...
• Re: Never Under Estimate Your Ground Straps!
  Historical mailing list - John Patton
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 22:45:36 +0000
  Bravo Robert!!!! Your conclusion is so correct!!! Powertrain grounding can be a primary source of so many varied symptoms which can come & go depending...
• Re: Hard starting 84 vanagon - stumped
  Historical mailing list - Tony Polson
  Wed, 3 Sep 2003 08:49:07 +0100
  ...Merely replacing the strap is not enough; you need to clean the surfaces with which the ground strap makes electrical contact. You need to...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine grounding1
  Historical mailing list - James
  Sat, 14 Nov 2015 23:33:43 -0500
  ...a failing ground strap from transmission or engine to frame, whose resistance is substantially higher than the newly added ground strap. James Ottawa, ON...
• Bad starting
  Historical mailing list - Normand Gagnon
  Mon, 04 Nov 96 23:20:56 -0400
  ...After cleaning and changing the ground strap, the battery connectors, and the battery at last my strating problem continue. It has begin this summer...
• Re: Misfiring Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Thu, 4 Dec 1997 06:37:26 EST
  I noticed yesterday that the ground strap on the left side of the motor is broken. It is attached to the fire wall. Where...
• Re: 84 Engine hesitatation while cruising
  Historical mailing list - Chris Braymen
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 11:30:36 -0700
  ...I read on the list to check both ground straps, one from the engine compartment wall to the cylinder head, and the other under...
• 2nd Battery Install
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Ralphs
  Tue, 20 May 2003 14:33:51 -0700
  ...Connect a ground strap to the aux battery. Reconnect the ground strap on the primary battery. That's it. With this configuration, the aux...
• Re: Zerex phosphate-free coolant/Engine Grounds
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Wed, 11 Mar 1998 16:40:47 -0500
  ...Wasserboxers for years, said to me that if you extend the >ground strap from where it connects to the left head, over to the...
• Re: replacement for stock ground cable on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 14:05:23 -0700
  Maybe something like this? http://www.battery-parts.com/en/battery-ground-straps.php On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 1:38 PM, mike...
• Re: grounds: air cooled vs water cooled
  Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 18:46:52 -0500
  ...Poked around on top and under my 81 and didn't see a ground strap any where. Roger On Feb 16, 2006, at 8...
• Re: WIERD SCIENCE -Reply
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Fri, 21 Aug 1998 18:07:25 -0700
  ...The floor pan of the van or any cars for that > >matter is not usually a good ground. Trying running a ground > >strap from...
• Re: Longevity tips (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Fri, 8 Jan 1999 17:40:19 -0500
  ...ground wire connected from the >right head to the common ground on the case and back to the body. > Is the extra ground strap...
• Re: grounds: air cooled vs water cooled
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:57:01 -0800
  Air-cooled engines don't have this ground. The one ground strap for the engine comes off the transmission mount. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young Lafayette, CA...
• Re: Bike rack over rear window?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Feb 1997 12:44:26 -0400 (AST)
  ...front, resting on bumper and strapped onto front body. Better mount but bike wheels are TOO close to ground for driveway ramps etc. Bye...
• Re: 91 Vanagon Manual - slow cranking....
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 3 Dec 2010 11:39:47 -0800
  ...I ended up adding a second engine ground and a second > transaxle ground, just because the straps were attached to the engine and > trans...
• Re: ECU needed (found one)
  Historical mailing list - Sean Solowiej
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 19:03:01 -0600
  ...Plus, the problem I was having with the lack of current to the dash was ye ole corroded battery ground strap. Sean 83 Westy...
• Re: recap (still not fixed) Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:50:03 -0500
  ground straps, ignition switch plug,then take your new starter to an advance auto parts store and have them test it for free.
• Re: HELP QUICK! NOT STARTING
  Historical mailing list - Robert Tippey
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 12:21:35 -0800
  ...tighten all of the ground cables located in various places around the van. Particularly the transmission to frame strap. I think it is most...
• Re: HELP QUICK! NOT STARTING
  Historical mailing list - Robert Tippey
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 22:18:14 EST
  ...tighten all of the ground cables located in various places around the van. Particularly the transmission to frame strap. I think it is most...
• re 1986 Vanagon problems
  Historical mailing list - Jonc
  Sun, 6 Aug 2000 19:19:34 -0400
  ...vanagon's electrical system the main culprit proved to be the ground strap from the trans mount to the chassis... it looked good but...
• Re: Loss of power
  Historical mailing list - midworld midworld
  Wed, 13 May 1998 14:12:34 PDT
  ...Have the place that just installed the engine check the grounds and grounding >straps. That is what it sounds like to me. >Ken Wilford...
• Electrical ground locations
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 16:15:49 -0600
  ...right side, motor mount to frame) Braided strap from transmission nose to frame. Dashboard electrics are grounded to two crown-shaped stampings (a circular...
• Fwd: Battery ground
  Historical mailing list - Michael Kimball
  Sat, 18 Apr 2015 10:52:07 -0700
  ...jack007@comcast.net> > wrote: > > > The Ground on ALL Vanagons is negative. > > Be sure to remove the ground strap from the chasse and clean well...
• Re: Last word on tach going to zero?
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Thu, 3 May 2007 07:57:34 -0600
  ...A new ground strap and > played with the ECU. The van is now running fine. I personally > tested the old O2 sensor with a...
• Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:05:53 -0500
  ...As far as I know, the critical grounds for starting are the battery ground strap, and the transmission to body ground strap. Replacing the...
• Re: Grounds (was Quality Inverters)
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:07:36 -0500
  ...a "chassis strap" or that the "common" wire is broken, he'll look at you funny - say "ground strap" or "ground wire" and he...
• Re: Therein, lies a tale.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 10 Mar 2013 09:47:44 -0500
  ...Loosen ground strap. Unlock doors, remove >>> ground strap. Go add oil to engine. >> >> Sounds like your most important datum right now is the location...
• Extra Grounds on 1.9l
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 08:47:17 -0400
  Where exactly are the best places to run additional ground straps on my 1.9l Digijet? The stock braids look to be in good...
• Re: strange cut off problem with wbx vanagon update
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Feb 2005 22:54:48 EST
  ...i > >>replaced a corroded ground strap from the head to the coil and that didnt > >help > >>either.. > >> > >>no strange idle or warning lights precede...
• Re: recap (still not fixed) Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 18:07:22 -0500
  ...Mike Wesley Pegden wrote: > Today I tried a new ignition switch and changed out the transmission > ground strap. Neither fixed the problem. I don...
• Re: Send in the Grounds...
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 22:00:14 -0500
  Hi Steve, The most trouble some is the one under and to the front of the coil that has a ground strap that goes...
• Re: Help! No ground to the fuel injectors???
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Tue, 18 Dec 2001 07:01:01 -0800
  Hi! Thanx for responding! Initially, it did not have a ground strap. Per Ken's suggestion I added one, but it made no difference...
• Re: NVC Friday grounding question
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:28:53 -0700
  > Can anyone give me a clue as to why my PT Cruiser has a ground strap to the > muffler at the back of the...
• any particular brand of connectors?
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Sun, 11 Jul 1999 12:44:37 -0400
  ...found at the local FLAPS be ok? With regard to the ground strap on the left head:would like to replace that as well...
• Re: Cooling strategies, color coded, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 30 Apr 2004 07:09:27 -0400
  ...IMHO one of the causes of excess pitting is poor/inadequate grounds. Replacing ground straps and running additional grounds can't be too bad...
• Never Under Estimate Your Ground Straps!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 22:10:42 +0100
  ...I just wanted to post this, in case anyone else out there has not taken a good look at their ground straps lately! They...
• Re: Seized Engine?
  Historical mailing list - David Gunning
  Sat, 20 May 2006 12:39:40 -0400
  ...For whatever reason the ground > strap was not grounding correctly. Not sure in which location the ground > failed, either at the battery compartment ground...
• Friday obscure and tedious joke I just made up
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Apr 95 14:08:16 MST
  What do you call someone who wanders through parking lots checking out the braided ground strap that connects the tranny to the chassis on...
• Thank you to the list!
  Historical mailing list - digest Herbie Dave
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 08:10:18 EST
  WOW, you people are on the ball! Within minutes of my post about tires and a ground strap I must have received 50 e...
• Re: Under Floor Battery Tray
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Thu, 10 Jun 2021 09:32:08 -0700
  ...photo, what's the keyed thingie?� And where is the battery > strap grounded when in use? > > On 6/9/2021 1:38 PM, Karl...
• 1.9 l bad gound
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 18 Jul 2003 21:12:36 -0400
  ...new, slighly longer connectors, crimped and >soldered onto the original bonding strap (for good measure, along with the >many individual grounding wires from ecu...
• Re: Head (gasket) fix
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Sat, 4 Apr 1998 09:15:35 -0500
  ...On the other side, 1.9's are notorious for bad grounds, and as the factory strap to the engine goes, the computer sensor...
• Re: Strange loss of Power 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sat, 3 May 2003 20:18:19 -0700
  ...Also check where the cluster of brown wires grounds to the left side of the engine compartment (near where the braided ground strap connects...
• Fwd: [VANAGON] Fwd: [VANAGON] algebra-impaired
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Blong
  Thu, 7 Sep 2006 21:58:54 -0400
  ...i've disabled it as soon as i got the bus on every vanagon i've had. ;) > With regard to ground straps, is there...
• Re: Bad starting
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Tue, 05 Nov 1996 17:11:31 -0500
  >After cleaning and changing the ground strap, the battery connectors, >and the battery at last my strating problem continue. Did you also check the...
• Re: bad grounds/running rich?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 1 Apr 2005 23:09:11 -0800
  ...bunch that goes to the ground. Clean them all, God knows where all belongs... There is a big strap that goes to the head...
• Re: Help! No ground to the fuel injectors???
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 18 Dec 2001 11:09:31 -0500
  At 10:01 AM 12/18/2001, Zoran Mladen wrote: >Initially, it did not have a ground strap. Per Ken's >suggestion I added...
• Re: size and pitch of grounding bolt in battery compartment and a FLAPS replacement for idle air elbow
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 30 Apr 2018 10:07:28 -0400
  ...Battery ground strap takes an M8 bolt 15 mm long Yrs, d
• Re: Excessive Idle
  Historical mailing list - Darren
  Sun, 13 Oct 2002 16:48:32 -0500
  ...When it cools down, I'll check again for vacuum leaks and also the grounds. Other than the block to chassis strap, where are...
• Re: Charging system update
  Historical mailing list - Bill Webster
  Fri, 21 Aug 1998 08:41:06 EDT
  ...While I had the battery out I took the opportunity to clean up the ground strap's connection to the frame. I did the...
• Re: Battery Problems- Slow Cranking
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 12 May 2010 09:56:30 -0700
  ...Try disconcerting the ground strap when parked for a long time. Then check battery level AT the battery. If not down below 12.4...
• Re: Vanagon weight(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 8 Dec 2004 17:23:30 -0900
  ...Front of car is in trailer at this point and rear is on the ground. Cargo strap is now stuck under the car. Step...
• VW story and helpful hint.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 Jan 1997 20:08:45 -0500 (EST)
  ...While lying in a slush puddle, replacing the missing bolt, I noticed the ground strap from the trans to the body was snapped off...